The Cobber women's golf team continued their MIAC dominance, winning
their 7th MIAC title in 8 years. Sophomore Jenny
Kovash ('01, Moorhead) captured the MIAC medalist trophy with a tournament
record 152 two-day total at the Oakdale Country Club near Hutchinson Oct.
3-4. Cobbers Christie Strecker ('00,
Albert Lea) and Kari Weidner ('00 Fargo) finished
3rd and 4th respectively to join Kovash on the All MIAC team. The Cobbers
won 5 of the 7 tournaments they entered this fall and are currently ranked
2rd in the nation among Division III teams. Two Cobbers, Strecker and Amber
Severson ('00, Sioux Falls, S.D.), earned Academic
All-MIAC honors for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.35 or better.

The Cobber men's golf team posted their best MIAC finish of the decade
with a 2nd place trophy at the MIAC Tournament Oct. 9-10 at Bunker Hills
in Coon Rapids. The Cobbers were led by All MIAC golfers Mike
Hagen ('02, Moorhead) and Mike Simonich
('99, Mora). Hagen and Simonich finished 6th and 8th respectively at the
tourney. Kyle Newman ('00, Fargo) earned Academic
All MIAC honors for a second time.

The Concordia women's cross country team also posted its best finish
in the 90's, placing third at the MIAC Championships at Como Park in St.
Paul on Oct. 31. In the three years since Sharon
Espeland ('91) became the Cobber head coach, her team has moved from
12th to 10th to 3rd in the league.

The Cobber men's cross country team also moved up, placing 6th at the
MIAC Championship race. The Cobber men were led by freshman David
Dahlseng ('02, Cyrus) who earned All MIAC honors with his 25th place
finish at the MIAC. Three Cobbers earned Academic All MIAC honors:
Dan
Bjerknes ('99, Thief River Falls), Steven Edlund
('01, Cyrus) and Josh Johnson ('01, Moorhead).

The Cobber football team posted a 4-6 season, an under .500 record for
just the second time in the past 15 years. After making the NCAA playoffs
in 1997, 30 year head coach Jim Christopherson
(career record 204-91-7) began rebuilding for next year with a host of
younger players.

But at least two senior Cobbers made lasting impressions. Three year
starting quarterback Ethan Pole ('99, Moorhead)
ended his final season as the school's career leader in passing yards (4,889)
and touchdown passes (40). Bob Zacher
('99, Alexandria) finished his third year as a starting center. Zacher,
who carries a 3.75 GPA with a double major in math and physics, was honored
at a Oct. 17th half time ceremony as the Division III Burger King Scholar
Athlete of the Week. A check for $10,000 was given to the Concordia general
scholarship fund in Bob's name by the Burger King Corporation.

Among the crew of talented underclassmen who will lead next year's Cobbers
is kicker Clayton Horgen ('00, Fergus Falls).
Horgen averaged 40.4 yards per punt in 1998, setting a Cobber single season
record and finished 9th in the nation in punting. Six Cobbers, including
Zacher, earned Academic All MIAC honors. The others were Scott
Holthusen ('00, Wahpeton, N.D.), Marcus Ludtke
('01, Albert Lea), Matt Palmen ('01, Mora),
Nels Paulson ('00, Cambridge) and Eric
Wold ('01, Fargo).

The Cobber volleyball team placed 7th in the MIAC despite All MIAC performances
by Laura Rietmeier ('99, Fisher) and Anne
Larson ('00, Fargo). The Cobber record was 16-18, 5-6 in the MIAC.
Reitmeier, a three-time All MIAC selection and two-time All West Region
honoree, finished her Cobber tenure as the school's career leader in kills
and blocks. Her three prior teams finished 2nd, 2nd and 3rd in the
MIAC. Her career record in MIAC regular season matches was 33-11.
Larson earned All MIAC honors for a second time. Reitmeier and Larson
also earned Academic All MIAC honors, along with four of their teammates,
Rhianna
Anderson ('01, Benson), Stacy Davis ('01,
Wadena), Sarah Rustad ('01, Fargo) and
Erika Simons ('01, Crosby).

The Cobber women's soccer team went 7-11 overall and 3-7 in the MIAC
to finish 8th. The balanced and improving Cobbers were led by two-time
All MIAC forward Allison Smith ('00, Moorhead).
Three Cobbers were named Academic All MIAC: Smith, Kirsten
Jons ('99, Moorhead) and Whitney Ostrem ('01,
Roseville).

The Cobber men's soccer team, after MIAC finishes of 1st, 1st and 2nd
respectively in the three preceding seasons, posted an un-Cobber-like 8-10
overall record, 3-7 and 9th in the MIAC. The Cobbers were led by two All
MIAC juniors, Eric Singer ('00, Plymouth) and
Dustin
Holt ('00, St. Cloud). Four Cobbers were named Academic All MIAC:
Adam Ailsby ('01, Regina, Sask.), Micah
Benson ('00, Moorhead),
Chad Fancher ('00,
Burnsville) and Will Manke ('00, Vienna, VA).

Deb Lien ('94, NDSU), a Warroad native and
has been named Concordia's first women's hockey coach.
She will coach the Cobbers this season as a club team. Women's hockey will
begin play as Concordia's 10th women's varsity sport in the 1999-2000 academic
year.